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NEWS

Rousmaniere, Dana elected to mayor, vice mayor

After an hour-long discussion on appointments -- done in private executive session -- City Council re-elected incumbent Kate Rousmaniere as mayor and elected council member Steve Dana as vice mayor.


FOOD

The Promised Land: freshmen journey to walmart

It wasn't until Nick Klinkenbergh and Nathan Connor had walked all the way through the crisp fall night to the bus stop that they realized they didn't know if the bus was even coming.


CULTURE

Women's self-defense class a rank above the rest

It was Thursday. It was dark. I was Uptown, walking alone past a brooding Brick Street and suspicious cars tucked in alleyways. Walking alone at night reminds me of horror stories from family and friends, sexual assault notifications and the statistics that aren't in my favor.


CULTURE

Miami's first student-written musical, 'Octets,' begins production

Miami University students are taking their talents to every avenue of the theatrical world with the production of "Octets," a brand new musical that will premiere next semester in Studio 88. The project will be written, composed, directed, produced, designed and performed by students.


Judy and Warren Waldron often perform their 'Mountain Music' at the Oxford Community Arts Center.
NEWS

Miami alums make 'mountain music'

In the main room of Miami University's Interfaith Center, Judy and Warren Waldron are playing music. Most of the color is gone from their hair, but their hands and fingers are still quick and lively. Judy plucks at the strings of her banjo while Warren's bow moves back and forth across the neck of his fiddle. Together, they sing: "Free, little bird, as I can be; free, little bird, as I can be; build my nest in a wide oak tree, where the bad boys, they cannot bother me"


The Oxford Municipal Building on High Street houses the Butler County Area I Court.
NEWS

Butler County and the City of Oxford consider restructuring court system

The city of Oxford is considering its options as Butler County may restructure its area court system. The city of Oxford is considering four options: using a new Butler County municipal court in Hamilton, establishing an Oxford city municipal court, creating a mayor's court with an appointed magistrate or leaving the courts the way they are now.


CULTURE

'GATHERING BLUE' WEAVES TOGETHER ART AND POWER

The vague and threatening world of "Gathering Blue" is established almost immediately when a swarm of angry women try to throw an orphan girl into the "bone fields" to be devoured by beasts, an unanticipated beginning for a story that's ultimate message is one of hope.


NEWS

Mike DeWine visits Oxford on 'Fight the Crisis' tour

Miami alumnus and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine visited Oxford last night, Nov. 14, to discuss his plan to tackle the opioid crisis as a part of his three-day "Fight the Crisis" tour. The major emphasis of his speech was on jobs, public education and the opioid abuse in Ohio.

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